Americans and Canadians have disagreed about plenty over the years: the British, nationalized health care, hockey.

The maker of the iPhone and iPad is in talks with News Corp., Disney and the three major networks to let iTunes users rent TV shows at 99 cents a pop

BYD Co., a Chinese car and battery maker, won court approval to pursue claims that Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. gathered false evidence and conspired to injure BYD’s business.

Hui Hsiung, chief executive of Qisda Corp., must remain in the U.S. to face price-fixing charges and was denied a travel pass to Taiwan to attend a quarterly investor conference in Taipei.

After its earlier bid was bested by a $1.6 billion proposal by Hewlett-Packard, Dell is readying a sweetened offer for data-storage provider 3Par

Kevin Fong, Chairman of 3Par Inc., may find redemption in a bidding war between Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. after bad bets marred his tenure at venture capital firm Mayfield Fund.

Huawei Technologies Co., China’s largest maker of phone equipment, said it’s working with a company started by former employees of Sprint Nextel Corp. to help win contracts with U.S. carriers.

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, chairman of the Middle East’s biggest mobile-phone operator Orascom Telecom Holding SAE, says nothing drives him more than being told something’s impossible.

The smartphone boom has tech giants and health-care companies eyeing demand for wireless gadgets and software that can deliver health services

Facebook Inc., owner of the world’s largest social-networking website, said it deleted two accounts that purported to be from North Korea.

Dell Inc. is readying a sweetened offer for data-storage provider 3Par Inc. after its earlier bid got scuttled by a $1.6 billion proposal by Hewlett-Packard Co., according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Obama administration plans to review 26 government information-technology projects worth $30 billion as part of an effort to trim back or cancel contracts that aren’t meeting goals.

Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, offered to buy 3Par Inc. for about $1.6 billion, topping Dell Inc.’s bid for the maker of data-center equipment and software.

In an effort to woo skittish advertisers to the video sharing service, Google is adding more high-class fare

Priceline, Orbitz, and Expedia are thriving as consumers shrug off a weak economy to hunt down bargains

Aegis Ltd., an outsourcing unit of India’s Essar Group, will pursue acquisitions in the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and Africa during the next two years.

AU Optronics Corp., Taiwan’s second- largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, said Chief Executive Officer Lai-Juh Chen has been barred from leaving the U.S. where he faces price-fixing charges.

"M-health" products include accessories and software that, for example, can help wireless devices monitor heart rates, remind people when to take pills, and help patients stay in contact with doctors

OAO VimpelCom bond yields hit a one- month high and may rise more should the Russian mobile-phone operator’s parent follow through on merger plans in Italy and Egypt, according to Troika Dialog and Metropol IFC.

Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website that published thousands of secret U.S. military reports from Afghanistan, described as “deeply disturbing” criminal charges brought against him in Sweden.